Albert E. Powers

Albert E. Powers was the acting president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1887-88. He was born on December 5, 1816 in Lansingburgh, New York. He entered Rensselaer as a student in 1834, but stayed for only four months. He married Frances Elizabeth Hanford in 1839, but she died in 1850. In 1841, he joined a business that was started by his father manufacturing oil cloth. In 1857, he married his second wife, Lucy Clark Allen. In 1861, he was appointed a trustee of Rensselaer and served as acting president in 1887-1888.

Academic offices
Preceded by William Gurley	President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1887 – 1888	Succeeded by John H. Peck

References

Presidents of RPI: Albert E. Powers

Presidents of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Blatchford (1824–28)
Chester (1828–29)
Nott (1829–45)
Beman (1845–65)
Winslow (1865–68)
Brinsmade (1868)
Forsyth (1868–86)
Gurley (acting, 1886–87)
Powers (acting, 1887–88)
Peck (1888–1901)
Ricketts (1901–34)
Hotchkiss (1935–43)
Houston (1943–58)
Folsom (1958–71)
Grosh (1971–76)
Low (1976–84)
Berg (1984–87)
Landgraf (acting, 1987–88)
Schmitt (1988–93)
Pipes (1993–98)
Barton (1998–99)
Jackson (1999–present)

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